United Fan Con 11 Friday with Karaoke, Michael Forest, Costume Contest, and Andrew Beech

ThisThis was the convention we did in 2001 with guests Marina Sirtis (STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION), Colin Baker (DOCTOR WHO), Jason Carter and Richard Biggs (BABYLON 5), Virginia Hey (FARSCAPE), Michael Forest (STAR TREK), Bill Baggs and Jo Castleton (BBV Productions), Andrew Beech (DOCTOR WHO video producer), Mike Cuneo (LEXX). This con was a lot of fun with the guests participating in a lot of the activities like the karaoke and dance and of course the cabaret. Chairman Paul Aldred ran out of gas while bringing Jason Carter to the con, somewhat mirroring my own experience in the first United Fan Con in 1992 when I ran out of gas with actress Sophie Aldred and because the tow truck driver had his wife and son with him she had to ride on my lap for the journey! 🙂

Since the con was in 2001, I did do a tie-in with 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY with the radio play "The Alien Moon Waxes Wanly" as if the film was done in the 1950s, and also as a tribute to the '50s sci-fi films I love. Also the title sequence for the videos was a tribute as well, although admittedly a bit on the long side. (The ICON convention at Stony Brook University in New York had done a tie-in with 2001 earlier in the year with having a telephone conversation with Arthur C. Clarke from his home in Sri Lanka.)

Video production: https://munedawgcommunications.com

Sound: http://www.encoresound.com